Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 1A - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Zafar Aslam (one of the 8 Aslam brothers who play poker) is now OUT after clashing with Kevin Moore. After he ran into a spot of misfortune and kick-in-the-balls-ament earlier, it was Kevin's turn to bust the Bullets this time, calling a raise with and then a re-raise from Zafar before hitting a rather splendid all diamond Flop. Zafar had the , but his hopes were fruitless as the Turn and River brought blanks.

[snoopy1239]

Talal Shakerchi (yes, I promise that is a real name) has just been eliminated by Neil Channing equipped with a cool, subtle performance that could earn him a Oscar nomination. I expect there was some pre-flop action, but when I joined the action, the board read and Neil had bet out 2,600 following a check from Talal.

Talal then doubled the bet to 5,600 and sat back in his chair, consequently provoking Neil to pensively exude a "hmm" sound as if perplexed by the move. He then paused for a moment, before flicking in all of his chips in with for 11,100 more, perhaps hoping that his bet looked like a flush draw of some kind.

In the end, it was all rather academic as Talal had for a nasty set over set encounter that sees him go hurtling towards the rail in disgruntlement.

[Chili]

The following players were sent packing just before the break or very recently:

Sam George
Barry Earnshaw
Panicos Ellinas
Robert Boon
Martin Vallo
Ashley Alterman

[Chili]

Chip from the start of level 5:

1   1   101   Jason Shellum   13600
1   2   102   Fowzi Baroukh   7975
1   3   103   Brian Gilbert   19625
1   4   1005   Manuel Palanca   38500
1   5   105   Chris Moore   22125
1   6   1107   Alan Vinson   11150
1   7   107   James Moult   30750
1   8   108   Ben Grundy   23125
1   9   1207   Stuart Fox   14300
2   1   201   Josh Gould   8900
2   2   202   Trevor Pearson   6900
2   3   203   Ali Zihni   22675
2   4   1102   Bambos Xanthos   30200
2   5   206   Gary Wilson   12850
2   6   205   Eughan Odea   18250
2   7   207   Priyam Demel   27825
2   8   208   Mickey Wernick   12825
2   9   1203   Scott Chaudhry   6650
3   1   301   Arshad Hussain   31700
3   2   302   Haran Paheerathan   26700
3   3   303   Jeff Buffenbarger   15675
3   4   304   G Garcia   17450
3   5   305   Les Kerrigan   6250
3   6   1006   Jon Heath   15225
3   7   609   Roberto Romanello   14250
3   8   308   Michael Denton   16250
3   9   1206   Jeff Burke   13400
4   1   704   Ketul Nathwani   21925
4   2   402   G Shaw   16650
4   3   403   William Martin   10500
4   4   404   Carlos Walker   14250
4   5   1105   Jan Brevik   14100
4   7   407   Mazhar Nawab   30225
4   8   408   Danny Dborin   19475
4   9   409   Robbo Karoly   24950
5   1   1007   Ken Wong   49150
5   2   502   Chris Sokrati   17975
5   6   506   Pawan Nayyar   13400
5   7   307   Jim Reid   16000
5   8   508   Lalit Khajuria   17500
5   9   509   Surinder Sunar   8900
6   1   601   Kyle Macpherson   7225
6   3   1205   Nathan Lee   30500
6   4   604   Dan Carter   29650
6   5   605   Dan Samson   19725
6   6   606   Dave Colclough   34575
6   7   607   Anthony Hardy   17300
6   8   608   Mark Forrester   19000
7   1   701   Dave Mayall   12600
7   2   702   Patrick Slusarek   53175
7   4   1002   Alan Dean   23150
7   5   705   Paul Leckey   2900
7   6   706   David Gross   7925
7   7   707   F Lopez   23825
7   8   204   Hongi Liu   21200
7   9   1101   Robin Keston   25425
8   1   801   Ian Frazer   21575
8   3   803   John Duthie   14950
8   4   401   David Smith   6525
8   5   901   Barney Boatman   13900
8   6   806   Richard Herbert   19325
8   7   807   Neil Channing   36475
8   8   1202   Victoria Coren   16350
8   9   1103   John Kabbaj   24625
9   1   504   Horace Harvey   20350
9   3   903   Ben Akiva   14075
9   4   904   Sami Yusuf   12250
9   5   905   Jeff Rogers   15500
9   6   804   Ian Nelson   11100
9   7   907   John Murphy   19025
9   8   1204   Patrik Selin   44225
9   9   1003   Davood Mehrmand   20125

[NoflopsHomer]

Barney Boatman is OUT. John Kabbaj limped UTG, Ian Fraser raised behind him in UTG+1, Barney called in mid-position with and Kabbaj called as well.

The flop came out A-J-4 with two clubs, Kabbaj lead out for 3,000. Fraser got out of the way and Barney raised to I think 9,000 commiting himself. Kabbaj was holding trip fours though and the mobster missed his flush draw and has now departed the building.

Dan Carter has whirlwinded himself up to over 40k. A hand before the break he limped in with , saw a T-6-3 flop with two hearts, bet 600 and called a raise to 1,700 from the button. The turn was an offsuit 7, Dan checked, and was faced with a 4,400 bet which seemed excessively large for someone holding a set, he set his opponent in and was rewarded with being shown which missed the river. A couple of hands later he just knocked out another player with A-Q vs A-J AIPF, El Blondie indicated of the A-J man, "I think he was just bored..."

Surindar Sunar has knocked out Pawan Nayyar with Aces vs Jacks.

Paul Leckey did the traditional 'I'll put my coat on while I got my money in behind so that I'll certainly hit one of my three cards' dance, he was all-in with against David Mayall's , he turned away from the table as he put his coat on and...



was the first card to propel back him up to 5k.

Finally, Prian De Mel (not in one of those godawful jumpers for once) moves in on a against Bambos' bet causing the clock to be called and Bambos mucking claiming Kings. Prian equally not showing claimed Sevens.

[Chili]

Good luck to Jamie Moult. Tell him not to bluff off his chips as I will want then come Saturday!!!!

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See you all tomorrow at the GUKPT final.

Funny you should mention the luckmeister and more of it to Jamie Moult because he just knocked out Ben Grundy.  Jim raised it up with  and was called by Ben with  , they see this flop

 

Jim bet 2k and Ben smooth called to see the turn

 

Jim again bet out 6k and Ben moved in for another 5k which of course Jim called, a nothing 2 on the river and Jim picks up a healthy 15k pot and Grundy is no more.

[snoopy1239]

Paul 'Lucky' Leckey (if that isn't his nickname, then it should be, just for the alliteration) has just doubled up courtesy of EPT Barcelona finalist Robin Keston. Leckey was actually standing at the time, the 4-T-2-3 board with A-J versus K-T looking like it was going to send the Irishman packing until the Five River handed him the wheel.

Keston didn't look too chuffed, as you can imagine, but he still has 20k and could afford to take the hit.

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Bad news for Dave Smith fans, your leader has now departed at the hands of Richard Herbert, Pocket Twos versus 8-9 suited all-in pre-flop. Something tells me Dave was short at the time.

[NoflopsHomer]

Foxy up to around 26k having knocked out Jason Shellum with vs on a board, all-in preflop.

Ian Nelson has doubled through Dan Sampson in one of those Aces vs Kings battles.

Jeff Buffenbarger is OUT. He mucked on the river when his opponent showed K-Q on a 2-T-3-K-6 board.

[snoopy1239]

I think I've worked out Patrik Selin's battle plan, and it's some what of the Ali Mallu ilk in that those chips go hurtling in quicker than a hiccup.The most recent example was against Irishman Paul Leckey in which I had to double check the pot, as there only appeared to be about a thousand in the middle. Anyhow, the board read , and a no mess Selin put Leckey all-in for around circa 14k. Initially rather hesitant, an animated Leckey gently prodded his single column across the line in three motions and was relieved to see that his was in front against Selin's .

A 'fair enough' nod from Leckey and out came the Turn, a harmless . Leckey waved his arms as if to say, "Okay, one down, just another bullet to dodge" before pointing gratefully at the dealer as the River brought a .

[NoflopsHomer]

Breaking News!!!

Ok everyone, which is more shocking. The fact that Vicky Coren is reading the Daily Mail, or perhaps worse, she's managed to muck up the 1-star difficulty (out of 5) Sudoku on the puzzle page.

Perhaps not as clever as her excellent Guardian columns have always suggested?

[Chili]

Watching the table with Dave Colclough on a hand develops between Danny Samson and Dave which on a board of:

 

it went check check then they see

  Danny bet out 1,600 and Dave just called

River    Danny bet 3,200 Dave called and showed    and Danny mucked.


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The very next hand I was beckoned to another table for a question about the £3k bonus for being end of day chip leader (which is true btw), which resulted in me again missing the start of the hand that had Danny Samson all in for his tourny life. The board was

 

the middle of the table was sprinkled in various coloured chips and mateyboy (I miss matey due to the number system that GUKPT's use- his was missing) was on a massive dwell that would have left him very short if he called Danny and lost.  In the end, a shrug of the shoulders is silently declared and his chips crossed the line and we saw 

but Danny lovingly turned over  for the flopped straight, made hands are all I have found today!!  A jack on the river did nothing to help Matey and Danny pole vaults to about 30k.

[snoopy1239]

Patrik Selin and Paul Leckey have been locking horns like two water buffaloes where one has just found out that the other has been sleeping with his buffalo wife. The latest encounter swung in the favour of Selin, whose elated yelp spoke volumes. All the chips flew in on a board, both players holding a 7, but Selin with the superior Ace kicker. No miracle 6 (or 4 or King, for that matter) on the River and it was all over for Leckey... but wait, he's still in with a massive 150, which I have to confess lured out an undeniable chuckle from the rail (no names!).

But oh how we jest, the very next hand it was Leckey who was laughing at us, all-in on the small blind (David Gross was fooled by the all-in and put 300 in for the big instead of 400), protection was offered by Selin who raised it up to 1,300 in late position, but it went three handed when Gross called from the big.

Both inevitably checked down the Flop, before Gross pushed his man off the Turn with a 1,800 bet. A reveal from Gross raised a few eyebrows, and it was behind to Leckey's which survived the River. "Why did he bet that with Leckey all-in?" inquired the rail, but I didn't see anything too wrong with the bet personally, the side pot was worth taking if he thought his man was weak. Not too sure about the pre-flop call though with K-6 suited, seems unnecessarily adventurous.

[Chili]

We have lost Davood Merhmand & John Murphys chips have been shipped to Robin (Alexis) Keston.



Jeff Rogers goes all in after raising to 2,100 and Michael Denton passes to put Jeff upto 10,400

[Chili]

Chip counts at the start of this level (7).  Play will end after level 9 tonight...

1   1   1103   John Kabbaj   37200
1   2   102   Fowzi Baroukh   2550
1   3   103   Brian Gilbert   19150
1   4   1005   Manuel Palanca   39175
1   5   105   Chris Moore   19300
1   6   1107   Alan Vinson   21325
1   7   107   James Moult   56025
1   9   1207   Stuart Fox   25250
2   1   201   Josh Gould   9800
2   3   203   Ali Zihni   20550
2   4   1102   Bambos Xanthos   41025
2   5   206   Gary Wilson   19600
2   6   205   Eughan Odea   17050
2   7   207   Priyam Demel   33050
2   8   208   Mickey Wernick   9825
2   9   701   Dave Mayall   10850
3   1   301   Arshad Hussain   24925
3   2   302   Haran Paheerathan   24625
3   3   1202   Victoria Coren   6800
3   4   905   Jeff Rogers   11175
3   6   1006   Jon Heath   22150
3   7   609   Roberto Romanello   46875
3   8   308   Michael Denton   44475
3   9   403   William Martin   15250
4   1   704   Ketul Nathwani   47775
4   2   402   G Shaw   10375
4   3   1101   Robin Keston   17300
4   4   404   Carlos Walker   13800
4   6   907   John Murphy   11775
4   7   407   Mazhar Nawab   38450
4   8   408   Danny Dborin   25425
4   9   409   Robbo Karoly   25600
5   1   1007   Ken Wong   44900
5   2   502   Chris Sokrati   21450
5   3   504   Horace Harvey   17400
5   4   904   Sami Yusuf   15350
5   5   1003   Davood Mehrmand   5900
5   6   807   Neil Channing   49775
5   7   307   Jim Reid   5400
5   8   508   Lalit Khajuria   16750
5   9   509   Surinder Sunar   42725
6   1   801   Ian Frazer   16050
6   2   804   Ian Nelson   5750
6   3   1205   Nathan Lee   48550
6   4   604   Dan Carter   34850
6   5   605   Dan Samson   36925
6   6   606   Dave Colclough   32975
6   7   607   Anthony Hardy   9150
6   8   608   Mark Forrester   16950
7   1   806   Richard Herbert   45500
7   2   702   Patrick Slusarek   52525
7   3   1204   Patrik Selin   47500
7   4   1002   Alan Dean   18700
7   5   705   Paul Leckey   550
7   6   706   David Gross   18650
7   7   707   F Lopez   18300
7   8   204   Hongi Liu   16575

[snoopy1239]

Jeff Rogers is out, calling a pre-flop raise with A-Q before pushing a on a King high flop. Roberto Romanello called with Aces.

Danny D'Borin is also biting dust, raising all-in with , but being called by Robin Keston's . board.

Les Kerrigan is also OUT.